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  • Building an HO Railroad  By : William Davis
    Whether you are new to model railroading or a seasoned veteran, building your own HO railroad will take considerable planning. It is a little more involved than just assembling track on a piece of plywood. Will your HO railroad be an indoor layout or a garden railroad? What will be the theme of your railroad?
  • Model Railroad Structures  By : Brad Pierce
    People who are not interested in model railroads and don't enjoy model trains often just see the basics of the railroad, the tracks, train and scenery. These people just see a train running round the track and wonder what all the fuss is about. They often don't see or understand the time and effort that has gone into making the scenery and structures for the model train.
  • Controllers For Model Trains  By : John Vanse
    When Direct Current [DC] powered trains with permanent magnet
    motors were introduced, a different standard was developed for
    most two rail train tracks where the direction of trains were
    controlled by the polarity of the DC track power applied to the
    track.
  • The American Flyer Model Train  By : John Vanse
    Although The American Flyer model trains were at their peak of
    popularity between the 1940s and the 1960s, they actually had a
    long history before that, and their popularity seems to be on
    the increase again today. William Hafner, working as a toymaker
    in Chicago, developed a clockwork motor for use in toy cars in
    the very early part of the 19th Century.
  • Popular Lionel Model Train Sets From 1946  By : Joelyn Pullano
    In 1946 Lionel produced an array of outfits similar to those in their prewar catalogs. Among these offerings were 23 sets. This broad spectrum of sets allowed Lionel to offer outfits at several prices, with the least expensive outfit retailing for only $24.95, while the deluxe outfit was $85.00.
  • The Santa Fe Railroad And Its Famous Passenger Trains  By : JP
    The Santa Fe was possibly America's most famous railroad and
    definitely one of the most successful. Freight and passengers
    rode over the Santa Fe rails form the 1860s until 1995 when the
    AT and SF merged with Burlington Northern to form the Burlington
    Northern Santa Fe railroad.
  • The Enduring Popularity of Lionel Trains  By : Greg Howard
    When Joshua Lionel Cowen started his business of building Lionel
    trains as model toys for children and adults all over the world,
    his aim was twofold.
  • 40’ Boxcars and Their Different Types  By : Michael W. P. Ball
    Modelers of HO trains model after specific railroad periods of the United States and Canada. From almost the onset of American railroads the 40 foot boxcar has been in existence. It began to disappear from the railroads in the 1960s.
  • Model Steam Trains - The History Of Model Steam Trains  By : Adam Fletcher
    Steam trains were the first mechanical form of transport which
    first hit the United States soon after the civil war. These
    amazing machines were are turnaround for people everywhere
    making it so much easier for people to travel as well as making
    it easier to ship goods and services across the country.
  • Train Horn Primer  By : Eugene Brenner
    The mechanics, appeal and reworked models of train horns.
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